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Lateral flow tests have allowed hauliers to travel from England to France; Indonesia records biggest daily increase in casesChina rushes to vaccinate 50 million as holiday loomsTesting times: how UK government fell short, again and againBillionaires add $1tn to net worth during pandemic as workers struggle‘No time to waste’: Biden unveils $1.9tn coronavirus stimulus packageUK coronavirus updates – live 12.30pm GMT Philippine senators have...

Latest updates: Wales unveils new measures; scientist says Brazilian variant of concern not the one found in UK; regulator refuses permission for rapid tests to be used in schools Wales to introduce new risk assessments for shops and workplacesRegulator refuses to approve mass daily testing at English schoolsTesting times: how UK government fell short, again and againUK bans arrivals from South America over Brazilian...

Thousands flee for safety and higher ground after island’s second quake in 24 hours At least 37 people have been killed and hundreds injured following a strong earthquake that shook the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia early on Friday morning, prompting landslides and destroying houses.Thousands of people fled their homes to seek safety when the 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit just after 1am local time on...

Despite efforts to procure Covid vaccine, some nations will only vaccinate 20% of populationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThere are triumphant scenes as lorries leave a vaccine plant in Pune, India, loaded with boxes that will prevent thousands of deaths. Adar Poonawalla, the owner and chief executive of the Serum Institute of India, poses on the tailgate of a truck, making the...

$1,400 direct relief checks and federal minimum wage raise to combat impact of CovidFull report: Biden unveils $1.9tn coronavirus stimulus packageTrump impeachment risks bogging down early days of Biden presidencyFlint water crisis: ex-governor and eight others chargedKamala Harris: how will the next vice-president wield her power? Join the Guardian for a live conversation on 18 January 12.17pm GMT Barry Eichengreen writes for us this...

Fifteen-sevenths should not be a thing, but at least I’m mobile again with my knee scooterA new week dawns and fresh madness breaks upon us. Sex and the City is to be relaunched as a 10-part limited series under the title Just Like That – without the legendary sex goddess Samantha Jones. Think The Beatles without John. Jaffa Cakes without the smashing orangey bit....

Scottish court of appeal rules Libyan was properly convicted of 1988 bombing of passenger planeThe family of the Libyan convicted for the Lockerbie bombing, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, are lodging an appeal to the UK supreme court after Scottish judges threw out a miscarriage of justice case.The court of appeal in Edinburgh ruled on Friday that Megrahi was properly convicted of bombing Pan Am flight 103...

As the first book in his spy series, Slow Horses, is made into a TV drama, Herron talks about his slow-burn success – and the resemblance of a certain blustering villain to our PMWere it not for the packed bookshelves – everything from Len Deighton to the complete Philip Larkin – you could almost imagine the novelist Mick Herron’s flat as a safe house,...

As coronavirus cases rise across the UK, here are steps to take if someone falls ill in your householdCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWith roughly one in 30 Londoners testing positive for coronavirus, and other areas of the country experiencing rapid rises in cases, there’s a fair chance that someone in your household may become infected at some point.The growing burden on...

Call for world leaders to act in wake of French extradition case that turned on environmental concernsAir pollution does not respect national boundaries and environmental degradation will lead to mass migration in the future, said a leading barrister in the wake of a landmark migration ruling, as experts warned that government action must be taken as a matter of urgency.Sailesh Mehta, a barrister specialising...

As the population declines, traditional gender roles and careers are leading many to forgo childbirthThe outcry created this month by Seoul city government’s advice for expectant mothers – including tips on how to cater to their husband’s every need while heavily pregnant – has reignited the debate over why so many South Korean women are choosing not to have children.The guidelines, issued by the...

Veteran leader facing challenge from singer Bobi Wine has more than 60% of vote with a quarter countedPresident Yoweri Museveni has taken an early lead as votes are counted in Uganda’s most keenly watched election in years, while opposition figures have said the vote was marred by fraud and violence.With a quarter of the votes counted, Museveni had more than 60% of the tallied...

Extremism experts warned that the anti-government movement was planning attacks online. Why didn’t Facebook act?One hundred days before Dave Patrick Underwood was murdered on 29 May, a group of analysts who monitor online extremism concluded that an attack like the one that killed him was coming. Continue reading...

Fingerprint, DNA and arrest history records deleted and visa system thrown into disarrayThe UK home secretary, Priti Patel, is coming under pressure to account for the mass deletion of 150,000 arrest records from crucial police databases. Fingerprint, DNA and arrest history records were deleted, which could allow offenders to go free because evidence from crime scenes will not be flagged on the Police National...

Companies’ attempts at hazard pay have been paltry and fleeting as employees are threatened for protesting working conditionsBillionaires in the US have increased their net worth by more than $1tn during the coronavirus pandemic, while many of their US workers have struggled with coronavirus risks in workplaces, for little to no extra pay to work in hazardous conditions, and millions of other Americans have...

Guardian analysis shows Club for Growth has spent $20m supporting 42 rightwing lawmakers who voted to invalidate Biden victoryAn anti-tax group funded primarily by billionaires has emerged as one of the biggest backers of the Republican lawmakers who sought to overturn the US election results, according to an analysis by the Guardian. Related: Trump official admits family separation policy 'should never have been implemented'...

Up to 438,000 may be killed by Covid by end of the month, CDC predicts, but epidemiologists still see reason for optimismMore Americans are dying of Covid-19 than at any time during the pandemic, the most complex mass vaccination campaign in history is off to a rocky start, and more transmissible strains of the coronavirus are emergent. January is going to be a bleak...

Disparity with white women shows need for action, doctors say, despite slight improvement in mortality rate Black women are still four times more likely than white women to die in pregnancy or childbirth in the UK, and women from Asian ethnic backgrounds face twice the risk, according to a new report.The data shows a slight narrowing of the divide – last year’s report found...

A New York City bus was left hanging from an overpass after crashing off the Cross Bronx expressway, New York Emergency Management reported on Thursday night.Seven people, who were said to have been travelling in the bus, reportedly sustained minor injuries in the crashNew York bus dangling from expressway after Bronx crash Continue reading...

Joe Biden, the US president-elect, has unveiled a $1.9tn coronavirus stimulus package to tackle the virus and the economic crisis it has triggered.Vaccination and testing efforts in the US will be sustained with $160bn, a further $350bn will be issued for state and local government health programmes, and $1tn is to go families'No time to waste': Biden unveils $1.9tn coronavirus stimulus package Continue reading...

Focus must be on justice for those fleeing impact of extreme weather events, says new scientific adviser to VaticanThe pope’s newly appointed scientific adviser said the coronavirus pandemic has forced world leaders to face up to the “existential risk” of the climate crisis.Prof Ottmar Edenhofer said rich countries now had a moral duty to compensate poor countries already suffering the impacts. Continue reading...

Delays in publication of official list of those killed and wounded provokes anger and claims of government indifferenceMoslem Kasdallah rests on his crutches, the stump of his amputated leg on display. His voice hoarse, he yells the demands that, after years of delay, have brought him and the other wounded and bereaved of the Tunisian revolution to the steps of the government building they...

Rediscovered song, which has a ‘cheerful energy’, was likely written by a teenage sailor or shore whaler in New Zealand in the 1830sEven from “the back of nowhere, far from any city” – not to mention the sea – John Archer caught wind of the sea shanty revival before anyone else.From his home in landlocked Ōhakune, Archer had noticed a sharp uptick in visitors...

Seven reported injured in Thursday night collision which left rear half of articulated bus on overpass with front end touching ground belowA New York City bus was left hanging suspended from an overpass after crashing off the Cross Bronx expressway, New York Emergency Management reported on Thursday night.Seven people sustained minor injuries in the crash, a police spokesperson told NBC New York. The fire...

After battling Covid-19 for three weeks in hospital, Faithfull went on to finish her 21st solo album – and possibly her last. She reflects on how she might never sing again, her hatred of being a 60s muse and why she still believes in miraclesMarianne Faithfull is on the phone from her home in Putney, south-west London. She sounds exactly like you would expect:...

WARNING: This video contains scenes some viewers may find distressing.A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island has killed dozens of people, injured hundreds and damaged many buildings, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said. The epicentre of the quake was six kilometres north-east of Majene city at a depth of 10 kilometres and hit at 1am local time. Rescuers are still probing the rubbleIndonesia earthquake:...

Freezing weather from Storm Filomena, and Spain’s third wave of Covid, compound dire situation in settlement outside MadridDespite the daily trials her family has to endure – a pandemic, three months with no electricity and now days without running water since Storm Filomena froze the pipes and left Madrid under a lingering duvet of snow – Sara Benayad has not forgotten the importance of...

Revelations about London company reinforce suspicions that Beirut, and not Mozambique, was intended destination of ammonium nitrateThe company used to ship a huge stockpile of ammonium nitrate to Beirut port, where it caused a devastating explosion last August, has been linked to three influential businessmen with ties to the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, a new investigation has found.The revelations about Savaro Ltd – a...

Drive to immunise 3.5% of the population in weeks comes ahead of the lunar new year festival and as three major cities are locked downCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAt a Shenzhen hospital, 21-year-old airport worker Wang Shuyue lines up to receive her second shot.“I feel it’s safe because so many people around the country have taken the vaccine so there shouldn’t...

Plan includes $160bn in vaccination funds and $1tn in relief to families, including $1,400 stimulus checksJoe Biden has unveiled a $1.9tn coronavirus relief proposal, aimed at urgently combating the pandemic and the economic crisis it has triggered. As the US faces its deadliest stage of the pandemic, Biden described the moment as “a crisis of deep human suffering”.The ambitious, wide-ranging plan includes $160bn to...

Pyongyang hosted a military parade to celebrate the Workers’ party’s 8th Congress where Kim Jong-un took the new title of ‘general secretary’. Images from the parade, released by the official North Korean news agency KCNA, showed submarine-launched missiles Continue reading...

Researchers counted particles in seaballs that washed up on beaches in SpainUnderwater seagrass in coastal areas appear to trap plastic pollution in natural bundles of fibre known as “Neptune balls”, researchers have found.With no help from humans, the swaying plants – anchored to shallow seabeds – may collect nearly 900m plastic items in the Mediterranean alone every year, a study reported in the journal...

Though questions remain that still need answering, there are encouraging signs that proof of immunity to Covid-19 could help people return to normalityCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs the world’s biggest ever vaccination programme gets underway, so-called immunity passports are back in the headlines. A document verifying the holder’s status as Covid-free could allow international borders as well as concerts and other...

International tennis players and staff have touched down in Melbourne ahead of next month’s Australian Open. All the latestNine days without a local Covid case in VictoriaAndy Murray tests positive for Covid-19 ahead of Australian Open 11.21pm GMT Bad news for tennis star Andy Murray who has just contracted Covid-19 ahead of flying to Melbourne for the Australian Open. He is currently isolating in...

Canadian academic whose work on democratic socialism had an impact across the globeLeo Panitch, who has died aged 75 from Covid-19, shortly after being diagnosed with cancer, was a Canadian researcher, teacher and public intellectual whose work had a profound impact on the thinking of democratic socialists in several continents, not least in the UK. He worked on two main questions: could social democratic...

‘I am very confident there will be a change,’ Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta says as new law goes into effectArgentina’s historic decision to legalize abortion will help spur reform across Latin America, the country’s gender minister has told the Guardian, as a new law allowing the practice goes into effect.The bill passed by congress on 30 December made Argentina the first major Latin American country...

Canada allowed family of Meng Wanzhou to visit herOttawa believes China sees detentions are bargaining chipChinese authorities have said they allowed two imprisoned Canadians to phone their families at Christmas – the first time one of the men had spoken with his family in more than two years.Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were both permitted brief calls home, a move which Chinese officials said...

Analysis: some say lateral flow tests could help cut outbreaks, but others argue they offer false reassuranceRegulator refuses to approve mass Covid testing at schools in EnglandCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe education secretary, Gavin Williamson, has put mass testing for coronavirus at the heart of his strategy to reopen schools after the lockdown. It is a controversial strategy that has divided...

White House coronavirus taskforce reports advocate for ‘aggressive action’ amid 23m confirmed cases in USAs coronavirus continues to tear across the US without any sign of slowing down, officials have warned there is a “full resurgence” in most major population centers – and that the country could see an additional 92,000 deaths in less than a month.There have been more than 23m confirmed Covid-19...

Governor of Amazonas says situation critical as alarming details emerge about breakdown of health system in state capital ManausHealth workers in Brazil’s largest state are begging for help and oxygen supplies after an explosion of Covid deaths and infections that one official compared to a tsunami and said could be linked to a new variant. Related: Coronavirus live news: curfew in Brazil's largest state...

Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s plan to test millions of pupils a week in disarray after concerns raisedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson’s plans to test millions of schoolchildren for coronavirus every week appear to be in disarray after the UK regulator refused to formally approve the daily testing of pupils in England, the Guardian has learned.The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency...

Secret Service detail were forced to use porta-potties or neighbors’ bathrooms until government rented them an apartmentThe dying days of the Trump administration have been plagued by yet more scandal in the form of riots, Twitter bans and impeachment. Now the Washington Post has added another: water closet gate.In a multi-bylined article one of America’s top investigative news outlets has chronicled in leg-crossing detail...

Due to different methods, US Noaa judged year as fractionally cooler than 2016 while UK Met Office put 2020 in close second placeLast year was by a narrow margin the hottest ever on record, according to Nasa, with the climate crisis stamping its mark on 2020 through soaring temperatures, enormous hurricanes and unprecedented wildfires.The average global land and ocean temperature in 2020 was the...

Administration on brink of collapse as Matteo Renzi pulls his party from ruling coalitionItalians have responded with a mix of anger, perplexity and calls for the entire government to be sent packing after the country was plunged into political mayhem once again.The Giuseppe Conte-led administration is teetering on the brink of collapse after the former prime minister, Matteo Renzi, pulled his small Italia Viva...

Allegations of poor conditions, poor food quality and mental health crises at RAF Coltishall in Norfolk A third former military site being used as temporary housing for asylum seekers is facing allegations of poor conditions, poor food quality and mental health crises, it has emerged.The Home Office has been housing asylum seekers in a former officers’ mess at RAF Coltishall, north of Norwich, since...

Donald Trump has become the first president in US history to be impeached twice after the bipartisan vote in the House of Representative accusing him of inciting violence at the Capitol on 6 January.Trump has faced impeachment before, but for very different reasons. On 18 December 2019 the House charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress for pressuring Ukraine to investigate...

Opposition politician has been in Germany since August following suspected poisoning by FSB Russia’s prison service says it has orders to detain Alexei Navalny, a statement made days before the opposition politician is due to return to Russia after recuperating abroad from a suspected FSB poisoning.Navalny could face prison time when he gets off the plane in Moscow on Sunday. Officials said they would...

Mike Pompeo’s designation of Houthis as foreign terror group will block food and other aid, senior humanitarian saysThe US designation of the Houthi movement in Yemen as a terrorist organisation is likely to lead to a famine on a scale not seen for 40 years, the UN’s most senior humanitarian official has said.Mark Lowcock, the director general of the United Nations Office for the...

Former French president denies accusation that role given to second wife Cécilia Attias was ‘fictitious’ Nicolas Sarkozy has been hit by claims his ex-wife was given a well-paid fictitious job as a part-time parliamentary assistant while he was in government.Cécilia Attias, the former French president’s second wife, was reportedly employed as an assistant to the woman who stood in for Sarkozy as a centre-right...

President decides against relocating remains of French poet to Parisian memorialThe remains of the famed French poet Arthur Rimbaud will not be moved to the Panthéon mausoleum despite a campaign to honour him as an artist and symbol of gay rights, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, has decided.A petition last year backed by a number of celebrities as well as the culture minister, Roselyne...